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Vol. XL1V.
Corvaixis, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday, February 12. 1807.
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Investigation
shows that many good watches are
spoiled by tampering. No matter how
little yoo suppose is the m
yours better
Havo us repair It-
A whoie lot of damage ran be d.ne by
those who are Dot acquainted with the
delicate mechanism. We know watches
and an repair them as they should be
Brin us yours if it doesn't no just
right.
Albert J. Metzger
WATCHMAKER
Occidental Building,
Corvallis
FROMTHISDATE
'Til further notic all glasses fitted by PRATT, The Optician, will be
absolutely guar tnteed for one year against breakage of
any kind
In addition to a large
DRUGS and MEDICINES
We have a fine assortment of Choice Perfumes, Toilet
Articles, Floe Stationery, Books, Musical
Instruments and Sheet Music.
We also have the famous Edison Phonograph, the
wonder of the age, with complete line of
1000 records.
A call at our store will afford you pleasure and profit.
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Prompt attention to mail orders-
Graham (& Wells
REMEMBER
We handle Jap-a-lac. A new
line Reed Rockers
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0. J. BLACKLEDGE'S Furniture Store
Corvallis - - - Oregon
SMITH & DAVSON "" Ph0'" "
Pay the Highest Cash Price
For Poultry. Dressed Veal and Dressed Pork. Parties in or close to
town having ponltry or veal to pell, call us on Tnd. Pho le and we will
ca'.l for same. We keep a full line of Poultry and Stock
Remedies. Also Chick Grit Shell and Bone, uard Compound, Fruit
Tree Spray, and Cider.
Corvallis SMITH &. DAWSON Oregon
Next to J. R. Smith & Oo.
PRATT
Satisfaction
SPENCER'S
Hair Envigorafor
And Dandruff Eradicator
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Price, - Fifty Cents
Manufaetursd by
he Vegetable Compound Company
Corvallls, Oregon 9t
Starr's Bakery ban secured the
service of D ck Llewellyn, the
wonderful bread ruakt-r. 89tf
and complete stock of
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The Jeweler and Optician S.lla the
Beat Time-Keeping Watch on the Market. I
Guaranteed J
HIS FA3&WELL.
H"n. W. C. Hawley Takes Leave
of Student Friends.
With pathos aai hum nr. mem
ories and remia spaces of old
days, p overbi and ailejory, love
and enthusiasm tor Old Willam
ette and all that her associations
have meant to him. Professor
Wi lis C. Hawley, congressman
elect for this district, gave his
firewall addtess i.i the university
rhapel, to the students - and in
stitutions of "Od Willamette"
and thereby severed his connec
tion with her in his official capa
city.
It was quite an impressive cer
emony when Dau Mathews of
the college of liberal art, in a few
short and well chosen words in
troduced the long beloved and
honored professor. There was a
silence in the chapel that could
be felt. It seemed as if ev.-ry
student felt a personal loss and
realized that the place now va
cant could never be filled.
Though everyone was glad that
Prolessor Hawley en.ers a new
and wider fieH in which he may
win honor and renown, it was
with regret that they saw him
sever his connections with the
institution.
Professor Hawley has always
had a warm heart for the stu
dents with whom he came in
contact. His was a persouality
that attracted and influenced for
the better those around him. He
could win and retain the . confi
dence and regard of the student
where others failed. His has
been a lite that has inspired and
encouraged the lives and ambi
tions ot a large number of young
people who felt the force of his
personality within the halls of
"Old Willamette."
At first indulging in some re
miniscences of boyhood days be
fore and after his stay at Willam
ette he continued in part, as fol
lows:
"It is the joy of doing work.
of working instead of indulging
in pleisure tb.u gives the great
est and best satisfaction. In my
work for the last fifteen years I
have been pushed onward toward
something better, and have been
led to something broader.
"My love has been uivided
between mv earthly mother
and my alma mater. It is a
pleasure to meet old pupils, now
in the midst of the battles of life,
who can say with a tervent clasp
of the hand, 'yon helped me.'
There is an indelible ambition
burning in every soul to be some
thing. Do not sit down and say,
'I'd like to be like such a one,'
but say, 'I have as good blood in
my veins and as good a chance as
any.
Nothing is better than
service done here. The service
to society is greater than money
or professional call.
"The world is not so corrupt
as it seems to be. It wants men
and women of equipment and
quality for the hour. To these
comes the honor and power. It
the material of the bonfire is not
good the light will not shine for
long. We eacu have our bonfire
to build. Let us see that we
make it good" Statesman.
"Tongues of Fire" Victim.
Where will the wild antics of
the "Tongues of Fire" sect end?
For some followers the asylum
will be the destination reached,
as will be seen in a Telegram
item which says:
Christ Eiicks-an, another vic
tim of the religious orgies of the
"Tongues of Fire" sect, wiader
ed into the police station and con
fessed to more crimes than are in
the category. He showed in a
veiy few moments that his niinri
had become affected by the relig
ious strain under which be had
beea, and the city piysician was
called to see him. Erickson,
who is about 20 years of age,
says he became entangled with
the "Tongues of Fire" sect about
two weeks ago and has been a
constant attendant upon their
meeiiugs. lie declares that the
spirit of the L rd prompted him
to confess all his crimes and sins
so he decided to call at the station
and make a clean breast of every
thing. Hi bean bv savincr he
had robbed a friend of S two
years ago. Hecoitinued his con
fessions until before he had fin
ished he had accused himself of
the most heinous crimes known.
He was sent to the count v iiil to
beheld for insanity.
Will Discuss Plan Today.
At a meeting of the Portland
Realty Board today a proposition
to place a practical exhibit of
Oregon products ia the Eist will
be discussed. J O Rountree, a
member of the board, favors get
ting up a carload of Oregon fruit,
grain and other products, such as
may be seen at the Chamber of
Commerce land sending it to all
the cities of the Atlantic sea
board, where it is expected to at
tract the attention of people who
are tired of conditions there, but
who don't kuow where to go in
order to better themselves.
"Literature is all very well in
its wav, but it does not not dem
onstrate in a practical way what
can be done in Oregon." Mr.
Rountree says: "California has
attracted mor attention in the
East by sending exhibits there
than by all the printed informa
tion ever sent out. People at a
distance could see for themselves
what could be produced out there,
and they became interested as
they would in no other wav. We
can accomplish what that state
did by pursuing the very same
course.
"The exhibit of Hood River
aoples in the windows d jwn town
not long since proved a revela
tion to the citizens of Portland
themselves. Not 20 per cent of
our own people knew what Hood
River Valley is capable of until
they saw these apples in the store
windows of our principal firms.
If we do not know the posibili
ties of Hood River until we saw
those apples, we cannot expect
that Eastern people will know
very much about us until thev
see for themselves what we raise
out here.
"The cost of getting up an ex
hibit will be small compared with
the good it will do, and I hope
to see at least one car of products
sent to New York before long."
Report Not Believed.
The report that was sent out a
tew days ago in regard to the in
jury done to Oregon hops by the
recent severe cold weather is dis
credited by Benton growers.
That it is discredited by
growers about Salem also is
shown in a brief dispatch irom
the Statesman which says:
Growers and hop buyers in
this vicinity place little reliabil
ity on the reports sent out that
20 per cent of the hop yards of
the state have been damaged by
the recent frosts. Just how ser
ious the damage to the hop roots
has been, is difficult to ascer
tain. Hops in other states hav"
to endure much severer climate
and are seldom damaged. Many
look upon the frost as rather a
benefit to the hops as it loosened
the soil. Oregon hops are of a
hardy disposition and can stand
severe weather. In fact, the late
cold rains are more dest.uctive to
the hops than any Oregon frost.
A buyer yesterday said the re
ports were only a scheme hatch
ed up to swell the market and
that as far as he was concerned
he was sorry to see the ma.ket
so low but haidly thought tbis
aew plan wo ild prove an effective
one to raise the price of hops.
, The Co vallis ba-iketb-i.! men are still
undefeated. In a lively ams at the ar
cbj Satnrdftv night th OAC men de.
feated tha F.iendly team of Eugene bv
the Lcore of 63 to 6. T'ie fir-it half closed
witn tha score of 25 to 2 in favor of OAC.
ARE BENTON COWS DISEASED?
Movement on for Cleaning up
Herds Tuberculosis.
Fancy giving milk to a baby
to drink and thereby infecting
the child with tuberculosis! Or
usiug milk in your coffee or for
cooking purposes that contaius
germs of this most dreaded dis
ease! The mere idea is one that
is sickening, yet such things hap
pen. According to the Portland
Telegram war has been declared
by the state board ot health on
cattle infected with tuberculosis.
Animals with the tuberculosis
are often used as mils cows.
This milk contains tubercular
germs and the disease is in this
manner contracted by those who
drink the milk or use it in their
food. An infected animal will
also spread the disease to other
animals in the ' herd, and the
germs will linger for a long time
in barns where diseased animals
are kept.
Inspections have been made of
the herds at the state insane asy
lum and state prison at Salem,
and many of the animals used as
milk cows have been found in
fected. Thee have been order
ed destroyed, and a careful watch
kept on the remainder of the ani
mals. Directions have been given
county health officers throughout
the state to make inspections of
milk and cattle, and whenever
they detect the animils infected
with tuberculosis to have them
killed. Tbe officials manifest
considerable interest in the mat
ter, and the board of health ex
pects that in the future reports
will be obtained from the various
counties covering the condition
of every dairy herd in the state.
It mav take months or even
years to do this, but the mem
bers of the board are determined
to succeed.
Dr. J. W. Harris of Lane coun
ty is regarded as one of the most
active officials in the state in his
efforts to detect cmtageous dis
eases among cattle, and have
them slaughtered. In November
he had two cows with lump jaw
killed, and two in December.
During Jaauary he discovered
three tubercular dairy cows, im
mediately condemned them and
had them put out ot the way.
Dr. Harris in his report to the
state health board says:
"I shall use my utmost endea
vors in matters of this character
to eradicate even the possibility
of the disease, as ar as the law
may sustain me in doing so."
Members of the stae board of
health have commended Mr.
Harris for his activity and are at
tempting to get other health of
ficers to follow his example.
Hofer's "Roast.
Colonel E Hofer, editor of the
Salem Journal, who knows all
about everything from strawberry
culture and poultry raising to
running the national government,
prints the following roist on the
Oregon school sy tern:
"The legislature ought to
abolish the eighth grade teach
ers' certificrtes and tbe 'bum'
normal schools. But it can't do
that; the whole state educational
system needs wiping out and a
new one started, but it takes
brains to do that and they are not
available. Ia Linn county the
other day three-fourths of the
eighth graders weie rejected.
The third grade teachers' certifi
cates is another humbug. There
are really only two grades of
school teachers, good ones and
those yet in the sap. The bill
that went through the senate to
put two ot the state school ma
chines onto the text book com
mission ought to be killed. It is a
move to put the text boek busi
ness back into the hands of the
Rigler push where the state res
cued it from odium a few years
ago. The American Book Com
pany should get its books back
into the public schools by merit,
not by the advooocy of its hired
men. and uuder the guise of legislation."
These Have Passed.
Those who passed tbe eighth
grade examinations in Benton
county last week were:.
Adelli King, Edna Strong, Liz
zie Buchanan, Mary Leonard,
Chester Lafferty, E'mo Johnson,
Max Miller, Earl Hrris, Gay
lord Felton, Earl Withycotnbe,
Frank Hour, Lillian O, B wen,
Alsea; Ray Hamnierslev, Alsea;
Lester Porter, HazM C-isoroves
and Edith Whitney. Wrenn; Es
ther White and Charles Goiuley,
Philomath; Ross Lewis, Bertha
Allen and Oscar Williamson,
Wells; Clara King, Elsie Jones,
Jennie Totten.
Miss Clara Kin? of district 45,
who is 12 years of age, had the
highest grade her average being
93. Miss Frank Hout of Cor
vallis, 14 years old, was second.
with an average of 91. The
minimum passing grade 111 any
branch is 70; the general average
80. The next examination will
be held in Corvallis May 16 and
17-
Subscribed Liberally.
What was yesterday a proba
bility has become a reality
through the liberal subset iptions
of the students who attended the
"Student Building Rally" at the
Armory Friday evening. It was
with some feeling of doubt that
the promoters of this project undertook-the
late canvass, but
their past labors in devising
what plan would be best to pre
sent the movement to the stu
dent, and explaining its purposes
certainly bore fruit last Friday
evening when the 400 students,
who had assembled at the Ar
mory, subscribed the sum of $2,
172 50.
But few people can under
stand the sacrifices some of the
students who subscribed to the
movement will have to undergo
in order that they will be able to
pay their pledges; but the fact
that they have done so, is the
best eulogy that can be pronoun
ced to the memo:y of Claiborne
Shepard, who practically sacri
ficed his life to the cause and a
fitting example of the "spirit"
that fills the heart of nearly
every student in OAC.
Teachers' Examination.
Notice is hereby given that the county
school superintendent of Benfon com ty
Ore., will hold the regular examinni on
of applicants for state and county pa) era
at Corvallis, of s lid county and state a
follows:
FOR STATE PAPERS
Commencing Wedaesday, February IS
19 )7, at 9 o'clock a. m. and continuing
until Saturday, Feb. IB, 4 p. m., 1937.
PROGRAM
Wednesday Penmanship, history,
spelling, physical geography, reading,
psychology.
Thursday Written arithmetic, theory
of teaching, grammar, bookkeeping,
physics, civil government.
Friday Physiology, geography, men.
tal arithmetic, composition, algebra.
Saturday Botany, plane geometry,
general histoiy, English literature, schoo
law.
FOB COUNTY PAPERS
Commencing Wednesday, Feb. 13,
1907, at 9 o'clock a. m. and continuing
until Friday, Feb. 15, 1907, 4 o.cloak p.
m.
FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD GRADE CERTIFI
CATES.
Wednesday Penmanship, history, or
tbography, reading.
Thursday Written arithmetic, theory
of teaching, grammar, physiology.
Friday Geography, mental arithme
tic, s hool law civil government.
PRIMARY CERTIFICATES
Wednesday Penmanship, orthogra
phy, arithmetic, reading.
Thursday Art cf instructing, theory of
teaching, physiology.
Dated this 4th day of February, I9O7.
Geo. W. Denmax,
County School Sup't, Benton Co.. Ore.
After a ten weeks' illness, Mrs. Janet
Smith is able to be np and aboat. She
is still at tbe hoaie of her daughter, Mrs.
Vance Tayloi.